Timetable
WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE
08.45: EVENT REGISTRATION, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION
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DAY ONE
main hall
Welcome address and opening remarks
Cllr Jane Urquhart – Portfolio Holder for Planning and Transportation, Nottingham City Council
Roger Harrison – Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham and Light Rapid Transit Forum
Development of NET using transportation, land use and economic development performance measures
Cllr Jane Urquhart – Portfolio Holder for Planning and Transportation, Nottingham City Council
HALL A: STRATEGY, PLANNING AND FINANCE
Welcome from Hall A Chair
Roger Harrison – Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham
Funding models and financial considerations in the
delivery of LRT projects
Nafees Arif – Chief Financial Officer, Tramlink Nottingham
Can regional devolution benefit UK LRT? – PANEL DEBATE
Tobyn Hughes – Managing Director (Transport Operations), NECA
Dr Jon Lamonte – Chief Executive, Transport for Greater Manchester
Geoff Inskip – Chief Executive, Centro
David Hand – Divisional Director and LRT Group Practice Leader, Mott MacDonald
Paul Rowen – Deputy Chairman, Light Rail Transit Association
Don’t throw the tram under the bus: The case for and
against bus re-regulation – PANEL DEBATE
Phil Hewitt – Executive Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham
Ian Morgan – Deputy Chairman, Wellglade Group
Robert Montgomery – UK Bus Managing Director, Stagecoach
Andrew Braddock – Chairman, Light Rail Transit Association
David Young – Chief Executive, South Yorkshire PTE
HALL B: TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL
Welcome from Hall B Chair
Colin Robey – Managing Director, UKTram
Low Impact Light Rail
Paul Griffiths – Metro & Sprint Programme Director, Centro
Robin Wolfendale – Rail Projects Manager, Trelleborg
Driving down costs: Making light rail procurement
more economical – PANEL DEBATE
James Hammett – General Manager, UKTram
Taylor Ferguson – Director, Grant Thornton
Peter Adams – Head of Metro Development, Centro
Chris Deas – Project Director, Nottingham City Council
Employment creation: Harnessing local suppliers
Steve Tough – NET Project Office Team Leader,
Nottingham City Council
Colin Tomlinson – Resources Manager, Taylor Woodrow-Alstom
11.30: REFRESHMENTS, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION
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Getting the message: Improving light rail’s wider visibility – PLENARY PANEL SESSION
Sharon Thompson – Director, London Tramlink, Transport for London
Peter Cushing – Metrolink Director, Transport for Greater Manchester
Claire Ansley – Head of Customer Service, Stagecoach Supertram
Steve Lowe – Commercial Director, Tramlink Nottingham
13.00: LUNCH, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION
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HALL A: STRATEGY, PLANNING AND FINANCE
HALL B: TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL
Urban Transport: The EIB Financing Option
Dimitri Popov – Senior Lending Officer, Western Europe, EIB
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT SHOWCASE
Case studies invited from Dubai, Utrecht and Aarhus
Exporting UK expertise: Doing business overseas
PANEL DEBATE
David Hand – Divisional Director and LRT Group Practice Leader, Mott MacDonald
David Steele – Head of Light Rail Scandinavia, SYSTRA
Roger Harrison – Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham
Alan Newbold – Director, Arup
Paolo Carbone – Business Development Manager, RPA
Utilities debate: Where are we in 2015? – PANEL DEBATE
Phil Hewitt – Executive Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham
Andy Steel – Independent consultant
Paul Gerrard – Performance and Operations Director,
National Joint Utilities Group
Nick Evans – Partner, Bircham Dyson Bell
David Rumney – UKTram Working Group
Approaching the EMC challenge: Utrecht Uithoflijn
Elske Olthof – Consultant – Transportation, Mott MacDonald
Off-wire operation and energy recovery systems
Herve Mazzoni – Director of Safety & System Integration, SYSTRA
Transport Minister – KEYNOTE ADDRESS (invited)
16.30: opportunity for nottingham express transit tour
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18.45: DRINKS RECEPTION HOSTED BY
19.30: NETWORKING DINNER HOSTED BY
THURSDAY 18 JUNE
08.45: EVENT REGISTRATION, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION
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HALL B: TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL
Welcome from Hall A Chair
Roger Harrison – Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham
Big Data: Urban transit opportunities
Martin Howell – Worldwide Marketing Communications Director, Cubic Transportation Systems
Additional revenue streams
Jonathan Fox – D
irector, London Rail (invited)
High-speed rail and multi-modal integration PANEL DEBATE
Paul Buchanan – Partner, Volterra Partners
Norman Baker – Former Under-Secretary of State for Transport
Alistair Kirk – Programme and Safety Director, HS2 Ltd (invited)
David Ralph – Chief Executive, D2N2
Martha Grekos – Partner, Head of Planning and Infrastructure,
London, Irwin Mitchell
Welcome from Hall B Chair
Ian Brown – UKTram Centre of Excellence
Light rail safety and regulation: The switch to ROGS
David Keay – HM Deputy Chief Inspector of Railways,
Office of Rail Regulation
Tram Accident and Incident Reporting (TAIR) database
James Hammett – General Manager, UKTram
Optimising tram and traffic interfaces
Alistair Sim – Interface Manager, Edinburgh Trams
The future of training and monitoring drivers
and driver behaviour
Ian Rowe – Director, Ian Rowe Associates
A new approach to Competence Management Systems
David Nicholls – HQSE Director, KeolisAmey Docklands
Mike Rafferty – Principal Consultant, Cuerden Consulting
Driving Very Light Rail innovation in the West Midlands
Dr Nick Mallinson – Programme Manager, HVM Catapult,
University of Warwick
11.30: REFRESHMENTS, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION
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Where next for the tram-train model in the UK? – PLENARY PANEL SESSION
Colin Walton – CEO, CS Walton Consulting
Peter Cushing – Metrolink Director, Transport for Greater Manchester
Simon Coulthard – Head of Tram-Train Projects, Network Rail
Tim Kendell – Independent Consultant
Dave Haskins – Project Director, Metro
13.00: LUNCH, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION
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HALL A: STRATEGY, PLANNING AND FINANCE
HALL B: TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL
Reputation management: Stakeholders and the public
Tom Norris – Director and General Manager, Edinburgh Trams
Cardiff Metro: The UK’s next urban rail ‘big bang’?
Mark Barry – Advisor to the Welsh Government
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LRT solutions for mid-size towns
Paolo Carbone –
Business Development Manager, RPA
Manchester Airport Line: Delivery a year early!
Chris Coleman – Managing Director, RATP Dev
Peter Jones – Technical Director, MPT
Examining the models for UK light rail concessions
Martin Fleetwood – Partner, Bevan Brittan
Nottingham’s move to off-tram ticketing
Jens Mullak – Managing Director, INIT
Implementing successful revenue protection strategies
and minimising fare evasion
Mike Mabey – Head of Operations, Nottingham Trams
Strategies to combat vandalism and violence on
urban transit systems
Simcha Ohrenstein – Chief Technical Officer, Jerusalem LRT
Track replacement and renewal: Recent operational lessons
Marc Walters – Senior Customer Services Manager,
Sheffield Supertram
Removing obsolescence: Modernising the UK’s
second-generation systems
Sharon Thompson – Director, Tramlink, Transport for London
Brian Wilson – Head of Engineering, Nexus
16.30: REFRESHMENTS, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION
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17.30: 10th uk light rail conference close
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DAY TWO
HALL A: STRATEGY, PLANNING AND FINANCE